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back_to_recent_buffer.vim : Goes back to the previous buffer (rather than C-O previous position).

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created by
joey twiddle
 
script type
utility
 
description
Sometimes I use Ctrl-] a few times to read some code, perhaps navigating up
and down in the files I visit.  Then I want to get back to where I was
before, but Ctrl-O may require a lot of hits.

Here we introduce an alternative, that goes back to the previous file, not
the previous position.  The default mapping is on C-U.

If you would rather go back to the last piece of code you were editing, see
last_edit_marker.vim

BUG TODO: If there is no previous buffer, will loop forever!  We could check
to see if we don't move at all, then abort.
 
install details
drop in plugin/

Edit the mapping in the script if you do not want it to overwrite C-U.
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
back_to_recent_buffer.vim 1.3 2012-10-24 6.0 joey twiddle Initial upload
ip used for rating: 18.97.9.175

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